Since a surgery more than 25 years ago, the writer Dana Jennings has worn a pouch to collect waste outside his abdomen. Far from being a source of distress, the pouch has provided a normalcy he’s grateful for. Read more…

I found out that I had prostate cancer nearly two years ago — it ended up being an unexpectedly aggressive Stage 3 cancer — and in the time since then I’ve learned that there is a big difference between recuperation and recovery.Read more…